We investigate the influence of the incident laser beam shape on femtosecond filamentation in air.The properties of filament generated by Gaussian and super-Gaussian laser pulses are compared systematically.It is found that the super-Gaussian beam can produce on-axis higher intensity and plasma density in filament in comparison with the standard Gaussian laser beam under the same conditions.And the possible reasons are discussed qualitatively.Our finding enables manipulation the properties of filament by changing the shape of the incident beam.In experiment,this method can be applied by simply inserting the circular aperture to the light path or using the spatial light modulator to change from standard Gaussian profile to super-Gaussian profile.